I saw a breeder of show birds once explain that she keeps her roosters in an adjacent run, so they are still familiar with and interact with the girls, but aren't able to mate unless she actually wants to hatch out eggs. Then she puts the male she wants to breed on a leg tether in the hen's...
He's remarkably similar to my roo General Tso, who I figure to be a black sexlink mix of some kind. If there was rhode island used to make the black sexlink, I could see a connection there. Maybe your boy is a rhode island/black australorp mix?
Sounds like your boy has a good...
Roosters are a lot like people. Some are sweet and friendly, some are standoffish and shy, and some are horrible brutes you shouldn't turn your back on. I would estimate that I have about 50-70 roosters right now, ranging in age from teeny tiny chicks to a 2 1/2 year old fella, and none of my...